Red Avadavat
Amandava amandava
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyEstrildidae (Waxbills and Allies)
- GenusAmandava (Avadavats)
- SpeciesAmandava amandava (Red Avadavat)
About the Red Avadavat
The red avadavat (Amandava amandava), red munia or strawberry finch, is a sparrow-sized bird of the family Estrildidae. It is found in the open fields and grasslands of tropical Asia and is popular as a cage bird due to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. It breeds in the Indian subcontinent in the monsoon season. The species name of amandava and the common name of avadavat are derived from the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, from where these birds were exported into the pet trade in former times.
The red avadavat was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Fringilla amandava. Linnaeus based his description on "The Amaduvads Cock and Hen" that has been described and illustrated in 1738 by the English naturalist Eleazar Albin. Linnaeus specified the locality as East India but this was restricted to Kolkata (Calcutta) by E. C. Stuart Baker in 1921. This species is now placed in the genus Amandava that was introduced in 1836 by the English zoologist Edward Blyth.
The red avadavat were earlier included in the genus Estrilda by Jean Delacour. This placement... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Sepilok
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapilla
Dusky Munia
Lonchura fuscans
Nutmeg Mannikin
Lonchura punctulata
White-bellied Munia
Lonchura leucogastra
Ashy Tailorbird
Orthotomus ruficeps
Red-eyed Bulbul
Pycnonotus brunneus
Asian Glossy Starling
Aplonis panayensis
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus paradiseus
Black-and-yellow Broadbill
Eurylaimus ochromalus
Brown-throated Sunbird
Anthreptes malacensis
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus goiavier
Javan Myna
Acridotheres javanicus
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 2 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Monfragüe National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 4 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 5 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Sierra Nevada National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 12 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Doñana National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 14 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 15 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 18 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 19 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 20 | Sepilok | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 21 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 22 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 23 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 24 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |